Food Deserts

The Foodbank serves Montgomery, Greene and Preble counties. As a mostly rural county, many Preble residents face hunger and have less access to grocery stores and transportation.

Located off of Neal Avenue, the Unity Garden works directly with neighboring refugee community members to provide healthy food options.

Some people say the term “food desert” doesn’t speak to the larger issues at play. Is “food apartheid” more accurate?

Central State University was recently awarded a new grant to teach local farmers how to start and operate their own farming businesses.

The cooperative grocery store in northwest Dayton is opening this winter and could have a broader economic impact on the area.

With God's Grace will be giving away frozen turkey meals at its free grocery store on Thanksgiving morning.

There’s a new mobile grocery store in Dayton. It travels the city, making stops in food deserts and giving residents a chance to buy groceries close to home.

A coalition of Springfield groups is trying to stitch together a food safety net for thousands of people. On March 4, the city’s South Side will become…

Organizers have secured a location for Gem City Market, a planned co-operative grocery store designed to help alleviate food insecurity in West…

WYSO is partnering with Stats and Stories, a podcast produced at Miami University.The Rand Corporation is a global think-tank which launched in 1948. The…

Thousands of West Dayton residents who lack easy access to fresh fruits and vegetables could soon have a full-service food market close to home. The west…

As many as 18 million people in the U.S. live in a food desert—defined by the USDA as a low-income area with limited access to a grocery store. Around one…